[05/10/15 - 11:36 PM]Development Update: Sunday, May 10Updates include: FOX expands season two of "Empire" to 18 episodes; former CBS drama pilot "Sneaky Pete" to make the cable rounds; and NBC presumably passes on its remaining projects.

[03/04/14 - 11:24 PM]Development Update: Tuesday, March 4Updates include: Julia Stiles to lead TNT's "Guilt by Association"; TBS gives pilot order to comedy from David Kohan and Max Mutchnick; and HBO passes on David Milch's "The Money."

ADDITIONAL NOTES:renewed through the 2015-16 season (the show's second) on 1/17/15

DESCRIPTION:(from FOX's press release, January 2015) FOX has renewed hit drama series EMPIRE for a second season, it was announced today by Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television Group. Averaging a 5.3 rating in Nielsen's Most Current measure, EMPIRE has emerged as the No. 1 new series of the season. Following its second episode, it is the only new broadcast drama this season to grow from week one to week two. From Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels ("Lee Daniels' The Butler," "Precious"), Emmy Award winner Danny Strong ("Game Change," "Lee Daniels' The Butler") and Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer ("A Beautiful Mind," "24"), comes EMPIRE, a drama about a family dynasty, set within a world of music, glamour, danger and power.